August 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Airborne teddy bears for free speech

This is one of the most brilliant examples of guerrilla activity in support of freedom I am aware of. Belarus has a crushingly oppressive regime that tolerates free speech and opposition about as well as the Soviet Union did. A couple of folks from a...

Published Sat, Aug 04 2012 1:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Israel responsible for Palestinian failure

Well of course the dirty Joooos are the reason the peace-loving tolerant Palestinians are unable to build and maintain a Middle Eastern Shangri-La. Palestinian corruption is the only kind that can make Rahm Emanuel and Obama's practitioners of the...

Published Mon, Aug 06 2012 12:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Speech I Would Give....

If I were Mitt Romney (or if it were up to me).... Because in America, now is not the time for idle talk or half measures.... My fellow Americans. I come before you today on this campaign to speak to you about why I am running for president. I promise...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 4:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

We Need You!

Okay, first up, Chris Muir is doing his annual fundraiser. Need I point out that not only does he do a great strip, that he supports the troops (and troop charities)... Second, Valor-IT is doing its annual fundraiser. It has been an honor to present some...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2012 4:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

A Different Kind of Firefight

Air Force firefighters train with civilian firefighters from five locations to remove simulated victims from a burning aircraft on Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton, New York, Aug. 15, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the 106th...

Published Wed, Aug 22 2012 2:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

"The game's afoot"

An appropriate quote, being used in Shakespeare's St. Crispin's Day speech (Henry V) and in Sherlock Holmes. There are some very interesting things underway, which in turn are leading to some outstanding opportunities both here and for some sponsors...

Published Thu, Aug 23 2012 10:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Godspeed Neil Armstrong

NASA Photo Very late on the night of 20 July 1969 in a small home in the Appalachians, I watched as a figure moved down a ladder, and into history. On that night, mankind became a true spacefaring spieces as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on...

Published Sat, Aug 25 2012 6:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

NRA Life of Duty - NAtional Airborne Day Tribute - Jim Allen

NRA's Life of Duty produced this video about Jim Allen - WWII paratrooper and then later a smoke jumper. Check this out.

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 12:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Tragedy At Stars Earn Stripes

Warning: do not eat or drink when reading; do not read with cracked or broken ribs; or, if you are likely to scare people when you drop, roll, and laugh. It's the Duffel Blog for the win! LW

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 1:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor

Knife Hand in Action

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael DeQuattro instructs a midshipman on how to address a non-commissioned officer at Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp, on Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., Aug. 9, 2012. Midshipmen from colleges and...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 2:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Clear to anyone but a propagandist

Liberal media bias is immediately clear to anyone who hasn't willfully suspended the use of their senses and logic. I occasionally see people try to argue against this, mostly embarrassing themselves in the Sisyphean effort. Here is an absolutely...

Published Sat, Aug 18 2012 8:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

Bureaucracy or Incompetence Cause Unit to Deploy WITHOUT I.E.D. intelligence systems

Bureaucracy or Incompetence? At the Washington Times is an interesting story of a Stryker Brigade Commander requesting Palantir fully SIX MONTHS before deployment only to receive it in the last month or two of deployment. This is the untold story of how...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 1:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Bust Their Chops

Need a poll boost, leak a state secret

It has been a rough couple of months for the Osama-slayer as he attempts to secure another four years of awesome tee times. The economy seems to be totally shovel ready, not job-wise but to dig itself even deeper into a hole. Mitt Romney gets endorsed...

Published Wed, Aug 01 2012 11:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 12:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

Doing What Needed to Be Done - Marine Sergeant Matthew Abbate - SYSK

Sergeant Matthew Abbate with his son Carson Marine Sgt. Matthew Abbate will posthumously receive the Navy Cross for his heroism Oct. 14, 2010, in Afghanistan. Via the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit: According to his citation, Abbate lead his section of...

Published Thu, Aug 09 2012 4:12 AM by BLACKFIVE